Analysis of immigration policies in American States

# American Immigration # Introduction American immigration policy has advantages and disadvantages for every state. According to the World Journal, in the first half of this year, American states passed 153 immigration laws, more than any year after 20 1 1. Laws mainly include budget, education, medical insurance, employment, driver's license issuance and immigration enforcement. Some states have laws that are beneficial to immigrants, such as allowing undocumented immigrants to apply for driver's licenses, but some states have laws that restrict immigrants. The following is the relevant information compiled by Wu, welcome to read!

1. On the immigration policies of American states

In the first half of this year, only nine states failed to pass immigration laws, while other states have a wide range of laws, including budget, education, health care, employment and licensing.

According to the data of the National Association of State Parliaments, states have also passed 238 resolutions on immigration, but compared with state laws, the weight, execution and attention of the resolutions are relatively low.

Among the laws on immigration in each state, the proportion of budget and financial allocation is 23%, followed by education 15%, medical insurance 14%, driver's license and ID card 12%, and law enforcement 10%.

In the immigration budget laws of each state, the funds allocated to immigration health insurance, naturalization and refugee services, educational projects and law enforcement account for the main part.

In the immigration education law, seven states adopt the federal citizenship examination in part or in whole, and some states require that citizenship courses be offered in high schools. The education laws of Utah and Connecticut encourage undocumented immigrants to apply for high school education funding, but the education law of Mississippi restricts immigrants from applying for high school education funding.

The employment laws of many states stipulate that undocumented immigrants can work and recognize their eligibility for unemployment benefits and labor remuneration.

Some states allow undocumented immigrants to apply for driver's licenses. Delaware and Hawaii encourage undocumented immigrants to apply for driver's licenses. Connecticut allows undocumented immigrants to apply for driver's licenses, but they can't use them at polling stations.

Among the states that have enacted immigration health insurance legislation, California has expanded the insurance for poor and undocumented immigrant children. 65,438+05 states * * * have passed 22 state laws on medical insurance, most of which provide assistance to immigrant children and the poor, or set employment standards in the field of medical insurance.

The five states with the most immigration laws in the United States are Texas 16, Utah 13, California and North Dakota each have eight, and Nevada has seven. States that have not passed immigration laws include Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Kentucky, North Carolina, Wisconsin and the District of Columbia.

2. American immigration methods

Outstanding talents (EB- 1A), as the first priority category of professional immigrants, are "one of the few top talents with outstanding professional ability in this field". The applicant has a specific ability in the fields of science, art, education, business or sports, has been generally recognized, has made remarkable achievements, and enjoys a high reputation and achievements at home and abroad. Applicants need to prove that they are one of the most outstanding people in this field.

Advantages:

1.EB- 1A is the first priority category of professional immigrants, and there are relatively few qualified applicants. Compared with EB-2, EB-3 and EB-5, EB- 1A can greatly shorten the time to get a green card.

Second, EB- 1A does not need the support of American employers, and it is completely unconstrained by employers. The law only requires EB- 1A applicants to confirm their "intention" to continue working in this field.

3.EB- 1A does not need to apply for a perm. Simplify the process, shorten the time and reduce the cost. You can directly apply for I- 140.

National interest exemption (NIW) is a special category of the second priority (EB-2) of American immigration law. It means that the U.S. government, based on the consideration of national interests, exempts foreigners who have made key contributions to the U.S. national interests from the long-term work and complicated labor permit registration requirements required for routine EB-2 immigration registration, so that they can apply directly to the Immigration Bureau and get green cards in one step. NIW suggests that applicants must have "high education" or "specific skills", such as engineers, doctors, researchers and artists.

Advantages:

1.NIW passed the perm application procedure without the support of American employers. Applicants can change employers at any time.

Second, NIW has a low application threshold and is suitable for more researchers to apply. Many foreign students or researchers have doctoral or master's degrees, and after they have achieved certain results above the job requirements, they have reached the basic requirements of NIW.

Excellent professors and researchers (EB- 1B). And EB- 1A, all of which are included in the first priority category of professional immigrants. Applicants should be internationally recognized outstanding professors or researchers in specific academic fields.

superiority

Meet two of the following six conditions. In the specific admission criteria, EB- 1B has relatively loose requirements for academic qualifications, and the difficulty of examination and approval is between EB- 1A and NIW.

1 has won national or international awards.

2. Elected as a member of a high-standard professional association.

3. The results are reported by professional media.

4. Great creativity in the professional field.

5. Publish professional papers.

6. Judge the work of peers.

The waiting time of green card is short and the approval speed is fast.

3. Advantages of immigration

The United States is the incubator and birthplace of heavy industry, high technology and scientific and technological innovation all over the world, and has great influence in many fields such as economy, politics, science and technology, military affairs and entertainment.

Economic index:

No matter whether the American economy is in recession or not, as an excellent technical talent, there will be absolute room for development for a long time to come. If middle-and low-end workers are at a disadvantage, the unemployment rate and legal minimum income standard in the United States are the lowest among the four major immigrants, so we should carefully consider emigrating middle-and low-end skilled workers to the United States.

Employment index:

The United States has a temperate continental climate, and the climate varies greatly from place to place, that is, there are areas where the seasons are like spring, and there are also areas where it is cold and hot all the year round.

Climate index:

The United States is almost the lowest price country in the world, and its general consumer goods prices are at the lowest level among the four major immigrant countries.

Price index:

America is not a welfare state. The American government has pushed many social security responsibilities to the society, and the undertakers are basically local major insurance companies. Pursuing benefits is the essence of insurance companies as businessmen. Compared with other countries, social security is directly undertaken by the government, and its effectiveness, adaptability and universality are quite different. Although the federal and state governments of the United States also provide a small amount of benefits, there are many application thresholds. At present, the most prominent problem of welfare security in the United States is the lack of universal medical security system, which means that a considerable number of people are still in a state of lack of medical care and medicine, and high drug prices further increase the living burden of low-income groups.

Welfare index:

There are no categories of skilled immigrants in the United States, and the closest ones are labor immigrants (E3) and talent immigrants (EB- 1), but both are more difficult. Trying to immigrate to the United States easily through similar skilled migration, among the four major immigrant countries, the United States has no advantage.

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